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Comic Mask (gongoli)
Comic Mask (gongoli)

Comic Mask (gongoli)

Datemid-20th century
Associated withAfrica
MediumWood, pigment, and raffia
Dimensions(including raffia): 42 × 14 × 10 ½ in. (106.7 × 35.6 × 26.7 cm)
ClassificationsWood
Credit LineGift of Reginald and Celeste Hodges
Object number2019.13.10
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCollected in Bo, Sierra Leone by Reginald Hodges, early 1970s; given to NCMA, 2019.
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